Chemical Industry Weekly News Round-Up, Jan. 21

2:53 PM MST | January 21, 2011 | Vincent Valk

This Week on CW: Cargill is divesting its majority stake in Mosaic for $24.3 billion, in a deal giving rise to rumors of fertilizer being a takeover target. Early reporting chemical companies, including PPG and Fuller, saw mixed earnings results. Brenntag's private equity owner is divesting yet another stake in the company, this one worth some $680 million. GE and Shenhua have announced a joint venture to establish a full-fledged coal gasification business in China. President Obama has issued an executive order for a review of all U.S. federal regulation, to weed...